untin 30,9

HOANG VAN THU SCHOOL TEACHER: TRAN THI
HIEU HANH
Week 30
Date of preparation: 5/4/2007
Date of teaching: 6/4/2007
Unit 9 NATUARL DISASTERS
Period: 59 READ
I Objective: By the end of the lesson Sts will able to get more information about the natural disasters in the
world
II Language content :
* Grammar: Relative Pronouns and relative clauses ( defining and non defining)

* Vocabulary: behave , extensive , erupt , abrupt , highland , trust , border , battery …
III Teaching aids: - text book, cassette, picture, poster card
IV Teaching steps:
Stage Teacher’s activities Sts’ activities
Warm up
10 min
Pre – reading
10 min
• Matching chatting
- Show four pictures on page 74 and ask Sts to match them with
four words: snowstorm ; earthquake ; volcano ; typhoon
* Answer keys:
a. snowstorm – picture 1
b. earthquake – picture 2
c. volcano – picture 3
d. typhoon – picture 4
- Give Sts some questions about the four natural disaster
* How do you know it is a snowstorm . an earthquake /
a volcano / a typhoon?

* Have you ever experienced any of these natural disasters?
* What happened? How did you feel?
I. Pre – teach Voc:
Tidal wave: (translation: sóng thần )
Abrupt: (synonym: bất ngờ , đột ngột 0
Shift: ( definition: sự chuyển dịch , thay đổi )
Warn: ( translation: cảnh báo , báo trước )
Funnel – shaped: ( visual: có hình phểu )
Suck up: ( translation: hút lên )
Tornado: ( translation: cơn lốc xoáy )
Majority: ( Example: đa số, phần lớn )
- Have Sts read before the class
* Checking Voc Rub out and Remember
- Rub out the words one at time, each time you rub out the word in
English, point to the Vietnamese translation and ask Sts to repeat
again. When all English words are rubbed out, go through the
Vietnamese list and get Sts to call out the English words
II. True or False Statements Predictions:
* Set the scene: There are 6 statements about the information of
some natural disasters. All of you have to read them and guess
whether they are true or false.
- Hang the poster of True or False statements on the board
- Get Sts to work in pairs to guess which statements are T or F
a. Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire
b. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage.
T – whole class
Do as request
Answer the questions
Listen and repeat
Write

Read
Do as request
Listen , read and
guess T or F
Pair work
HOANG VAN THU SCHOOL TEACHER: TRAN THI
HIEU HANH
While – listening
20 min
Homework
5 min
c. A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and
hit Anchorage in the 1960s
d. Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words
for the same natural disasters
e. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest ever
volcano eruption
f. A Tornado looks like a funnel
- Give feedback
* Reading and checking
- Have Sts read the text on page 78 and check their prediction
- Get Sts to correct false statements
- Give feedback
1. T
2. T
3. F → A huge tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California
4. T
5. F → The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest
volcanic eruption in more than 50 years
* Complete the sentences:

- Have Sts work in pairs and complete the sentences in Exer 5b on
page 79.
1. …….. occur around the Pacific Rim
2. …….. many people were killed when homes, office blocks and
highways collapsed
3. …….. when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater
movement of the Earth
4. …….. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as a cyclone
5. …….. Christopher Columbus gave us the word “typhoon”
6. ……. A Tornado is a type of storm that passes overland below
a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is in its path.
- Have Sts write the Exer 5b into their notebooks , using their ideas

Check and copy
Read and check
Correct
Listen and copy
Pair work
Complete
Listen and copy
Do as request
Date of preparation: 8/4/2007
Date of teaching: 9/4/2007
Unit 9 NATUARL DISASTERS
Period: 60 WRITE
I Objective: By the end of the lesson Sts will able to write a story
II Language content :
* Grammar: Relative Pronouns and relative clauses ( defining and non defining)

* Vocabulary: behave , extensive , erupt , abrupt , highland , trust , border , battery …

III Teaching aids: - text book, cassette, picture, poster card
IV Teaching steps:
Stage Teacher’s activities Sts’ activities
Warm up
10 min
* Jumble words
- Write the words whose letters are in a random order on the
board
T – whole class
Do as request
HOANG VAN THU SCHOOL TEACHER: TRAN THI
HIEU HANH
Pre – writing
10 min
While – listening
20 min
Homework
- Divide the class into two teams. Sts from two teams go to
the board and write the correct words
- The teams which writes more correct words first wins the
game
1. otnophy → typhoon
2. damotro → tornado
3. lacono → volcano
4. tearquahke → earthquake
5. ormst → storm
I. Pre – Teach Voc:
Behave: ( translation: cư xử ; ứng xử )
Shelter: ( definition: chổ trú ngụ )
All of sudden: ( synonym: suddenly bất ngờ , bỗng dưng )

* Checking Voc What and Where
II. Telling the story
- Show 6 pic on the board
- Set the scene: This is Lan’s family, they are at home
- Ask some questions to elicit the story.
Picture1:
Who is this ? It’s Lan
Where is she? She’s outside / in the garden
What is she doing? She ‘s playing with her dog, Skippy
→ Lan is outside playing with her dog
Picture 2
How is the dog? It looks strange. Perhaps it is scared.
→ All of a sudden, the dog behaves strangely
Picture 3:
What’s on TV? The weather forecast
What does Lan ‘s mother say? She tells Lan that she has just
heard on TV that there is a typhoon coming.
→ Lan ran home and her mother tells her that there is a typhoon
coming.
Picture 4:
What are they doing? They are gathering and talking about the
coming typhoon.
→ Mrs Quyen gathers her family and asks them to find shelter in
thehouse.
Picture 5:
What ‘s the weather like now? It is very dark. It has strong
wind and heavy rain.
→ Suddenly, it becomes dark. The storm comes with strong wind
heavy and heavy rain.
Picture 6:

What ‘s the weather like now? It is fine
How are they now? They all are happy.
→ The storm finishes soon and everyone is glad
- Ask Sts to look at the Pictures and retell the story
- Have Sts write a story individually. The cues in the box on page
79 will help Sts to write easily.
- Ask Sts to use past tense
- Go around and help Sts to write
- Get Sts to share with their partners and correct mistakes
Listen and repeat
Write
Listen and answer
some questions
Listen and answer
Listen and answer
Listen and answer
Listen and answer
Listen and answer
Listen and answer
Look at and retell
Write
Share and correct
Do as request
HOANG VAN THU SCHOOL TEACHER: TRAN THI
HIEU HANH
5 min - Get Sts to write another story. They can make changes or add
more details to the story.